Last
Sunday, August 11, was one that may not have ended on a happy note for
Nollywood diva, It was a day when telecommunication giant,
Globacom, launched its Lagos edition of the Glo Slide and Bounce
concert and all the ambassadors of the brand were expected to attend and
perform
Ini Edo
at the event. Among these were chart-bursting artistes in
Nigeria: Tuface, Naeto C, Psquare, Burma Boy, Waje, Omawunmi as well as
top Nollywood actors.
Honouring the call in her capacity as an
ambassador of the brand, Ini Edo arrived promptly, a little earlier
than the scheduled time of 6pm and made her way to the back entrance of
the Oriental Hotel, Lekki which led to the main hall. However, she was
prevented entry by overzealous bouncers who advised her to wait till
6.pm. The actress complied and hung around the car park, but it was not
until 9.pm that a visibly offended Ini Edo was spotted being led into
the hall by the duo of Jumobi Mofe-Damijo and Desmond Elliot.
This untoward treatment continued when
the compere, Okey Bakassi, acknowledged the presence of all the Glo
ambassadors present, calling out their names one after the other, but
leaving out Ini Edo’s name! This he did twice in a row and this must
obviously have irked the actress. When Bakassi remembered to acknowledge
her presence during his third announcement, Ini Edo had gone
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